Try using unit shellapi You also need to make the service interactive either from the service control manager or set the interactive property of the TService application to true. This allows it to display forms etc.
Chris. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Hale Sent: 08 November 2009 4:34 a To: [email protected] Subject: [delphi-en] ShellExecute from a service Are there any tricks to getting ShellExecute to work from a service? I have a normal app that works. But in converting to a service, I can't get ShellExecute to work. Any one have any ideas or tips for me? Doug [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

